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Long Range Hunting Rifle + Calibre?
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<blockquote data-quote="308" data-source="post: 330348" data-attributes="member: 279"><p>My views may be narrow minded but I just can't fault what works for me and a number of my friends.</p><p> Get you a heavy barreled 308, I like remingtons but savage and sako are shooters too.</p><p></p><p> Get you a good scope, my preference is a leupold 6.5x20 or 8.5 to 25, the LR versions are nice but not absoulutly neccessary.</p><p></p><p> Put a scope base with 20 moa of included angle on the gun and get some federal gold medal or black hills 168's or 175's and go shoot!!!!</p><p></p><p> A 308 ain't the best gun for 1000 but it will go there,(as long as your scope has 40plus mins of adjustment in it) and you can enjoy shooting it and shooting it and shooting it while you learn to shoot in the wind and conditions you find in the field. </p><p> The MAGS are nice, they are better 1000 yard guns but they have shorter barrel life, kick more, make more noise and generally are not as user friendly, and cost more to shoot..., I'm not knocking them, I have some but for a starter, the 308 just makes the most sense to me, you could also write in 260 rem or 7mm08 here, its just a little harder to find match grade ammo for them.</p><p></p><p> Oh and the 308 will do all you need it to do on deer and coyotes to 400 and a little further when the shooter is up to it.</p><p></p><p> Well that was a much longer winded version than I meant to pen, </p><p>but thats my 2 cents JS aka 308</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="308, post: 330348, member: 279"] My views may be narrow minded but I just can't fault what works for me and a number of my friends. Get you a heavy barreled 308, I like remingtons but savage and sako are shooters too. Get you a good scope, my preference is a leupold 6.5x20 or 8.5 to 25, the LR versions are nice but not absoulutly neccessary. Put a scope base with 20 moa of included angle on the gun and get some federal gold medal or black hills 168's or 175's and go shoot!!!! A 308 ain't the best gun for 1000 but it will go there,(as long as your scope has 40plus mins of adjustment in it) and you can enjoy shooting it and shooting it and shooting it while you learn to shoot in the wind and conditions you find in the field. The MAGS are nice, they are better 1000 yard guns but they have shorter barrel life, kick more, make more noise and generally are not as user friendly, and cost more to shoot..., I'm not knocking them, I have some but for a starter, the 308 just makes the most sense to me, you could also write in 260 rem or 7mm08 here, its just a little harder to find match grade ammo for them. Oh and the 308 will do all you need it to do on deer and coyotes to 400 and a little further when the shooter is up to it. Well that was a much longer winded version than I meant to pen, but thats my 2 cents JS aka 308 [/QUOTE]
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